2020 New Hampshire Senate election

2020 New Hampshire Senate election

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All 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate
13 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chuck Morse Donna Soucy
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 22nd District 18th District
Seats before 10 14
Seats after 14 10
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 384,138 381,223
Percentage 50.2% 49.8%
Swing Increase 4.1% Decrease 4.1%

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold      Republican gain

President before election

Donna Soucy
Democratic

Elected President

Chuck Morse
Republican

The 2020 New Hampshire Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected state senators in all of the state's 24 senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire Senate, with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections on September 8, 2020, determined which candidates will appear on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot.

Following the 2018 election, Democrats had control of the New Hampshire Senate with 14 seats to Republicans' 10 seats. Following the 2020 election, the Republicans flipped four seats and thus control of the chamber alongside flipping the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[1][2][3][4]

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  3. ^ Berman, Russell (November 10, 2020). "The Failure That Could Haunt Democrats for a Decade". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Brown-Kaiser, Liz; Caldwell, Leigh Ann (November 10, 2020). "Democrats blame increased Trump turnout, uphill races for failure to win state legislative seats". NBC News. Retrieved November 17, 2020.